Dear friends of Science, birding, wildlife and nature,

Recently good rain in Kutch area and plenty of water filled lakes and zeel lake
of LUNA has invisted many birds and nesting in the trees around the zeel lake.
Luna zeel is one of the top ten dirding site of the Country. recently there has
been thousands of bird nesting around the zeel area and including rare bird
Glossy IBIS "KALA KANRA" nesting is seen now a days including Spoon bills,
Egrets (long featherd), white Ibises (white KAKANSAR), cattle egrets and
caspian Terns.
The main sighting were Macqueen's bustard near bhirindiyari in Great Rann of
Kutch, and Grey Hypocolius near fulay, and lots of raptors in
chari dhandh area.

List of Birding in Chari-Fulay-Bhirindiyara-of kutch district.
Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Gray Francolin Francolinus pondicerianus
Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix grisea
Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicurus
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
Tawny Lark Galerida deva
Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
White-throated Munia Lonchura malabarica
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
Southern Gray Shrike Lanius meridionalis
Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicata
Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
White-cheeked Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
Brahminy Starling Temenuchus pagodarum
Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus

FROM YOURS Dr.BHUDIA-Science Group Of INDIA.
http://uk.geocities.com/wildlifeofkutch/
President:"Kutch Science Foundation".
Founder :"Kutch Amateurs Astronomers Club - Bhuj - Kutch".
Life Member:"kutch Itihaas Parishad".
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